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01/21/2008 11:04 #42972

Ticket of shame
So I went to Holiday Valley yesterday to get some practice before I go to Whiteface in February. I guess I'm in slightly better shape than I thought because I'm a whole lot less sore than I anticipated. Anyway Holiday valley is kinda overpriced considering how small the vertical drop is. It looks like its probably a good place to learn. All ski places have the ski patrol and they are usually pretty cool as long as you are skiing in control. Holiday Valley has the added safety patrol, They have nothing better to do other than bust people skiing on trails that are closed but should be open. There was one trail there called chute, I believe, which was closed all day and towards the afternoon I decided all that fresh powder should not go to waste. My friend was apprehensive about going till I said "what are they going to do, take away our lift tickets??" It was the best trail we skied all day. When we got to the top of the lift "Sharon" armed with a pair of diagonal cutters was waiting for us. She took our regular tickets and gave us our tickets of shame.

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I get so annoyed with some ski places. Why they have perfectly good trails closed just because they aren't groomed makes no sense to me. Some people actually like skiing ungroomed snow. I thought she was being way too dramatic about the whole situation. I'm already skiing at my own risk anyway, why shouldn't it be my right to decide whether or not I'm capable of skiing a trail?

But I did have a good time. They good about the mountain is at least they have a couple of high speed quads. So the time between bombing down the mountain is reduced by a few minutes.
fellyconnelly - 01/21/08 14:04
SKIING!!!! ack!

i am soooo jealous.
ladycroft - 01/21/08 12:33
awesome! at least you earned yours in defiance. i got one in aspen when i was first learning to snowboard. i lost control on a weird turn, which ended up sending me down a closed double black diamond. of course i promptly wiped out after hitting a mogul and was hunted down by ski patrol. i ended up riding my board like a sled the rest of the way down the mountain because i hurt myself and refused to ride in the 'i'm such a loser ski hammock'. :)
drew - 01/21/08 12:16
So is the snow good enough to make it worth a trip?
janelle - 01/21/08 11:39
Oooh, ooh, you got in trouble!

Could you have just outskied Sharon if you were at the top of the lift?

01/19/2008 17:08 #42956

Skiing anyone???
Ok so this is kind of last minute. I'm going skiing tomorrow, either at Holiday Valley or Bristol Mountain. Is anyone interested in going? I will probably leave around 7 or 8 am and ski all day. I have some extra clothing if you aren't equipped, I definitely have an extra coat, goggles, ski socks, and maybe a pair of pants but I will have to check. Sorry no extra gloves, I had to buy a new pair today because I lost my old ones. I'm not sure what it costs to rent skis or a snowboard, but I think the lift ticket at bristol is around $50, and at Holiday maybe $45.
fellyconnelly - 01/21/08 09:49
i wanna go!!! how was the snow?
i need a cheap place though... or cheap skiing days... or nights...
damn i wanna go!
janelle - 01/19/08 17:21
My friends that you met went there today! We can't go tomorrow. Church. Have fun!

01/14/2008 16:16 #42880

Here we go again
I am so not happy about retaking Statistics. Apparently UB's intro statistics course is much better than my former college's. I'm amazed that everything else I took at OCC transferred, I would be willing to bet that the Organic Chem I took was slightly easier than UB's, but they transferred it.

Today I finally got a copy of the syllabus for my stats course. Luckily I saved a copy of the other syllabus from the last time I took it. I cannot figure out any significant differences between the two. They are nearly identical right down to the Minitab assignments which I despised the first time around. I know there is probably no chance of getting out of taking this course no matter how hard I try. But I really want someone with the power to change the transfer agreements to explain exactly what I will be getting out of this class that I haven't already received. I'm almost hesitant to bring this to the professors attention right off the bat because I would rather be anonymous. Thats the only thing I have embraced about taking classes with 449 other people. I almost wonder If I should speak with the department head.
james - 01/15/08 11:25
Talk to the head of your department about it. I have waved many an old syllabus in front of these poor souls to get credit transfers.

Be a pain in the ass and remember that you are paying the University. The department head works for you.
ladycroft - 01/15/08 09:55
several different reasons why credit might not transfer. 1. you're only allotted x-amount of transfer credits. 2. as mp said, if the statistics course is cross listed, it may be they don't count it as stats based on the section. 3. for your program they may simply require everyone to take 'their' stats.
metalpeter - 01/14/08 18:21
My guess is that what happened is that the Statistics class you took wasn't from the same department as from the school you are in now, and that is why it didn't transfer. Reason I say this is that when at Canisius I took one Statistics class and it wasn't that bad. That being said I didn't take it from the math area. It was in the Phys. Ed department. I'm sure there must be someone who can tell you why it didn't transfer. Oh one other thing I just thought of maybe the classes are worth different amounts of credit. I'm just guessing but there could be a reason or maybe it was just an oversite or mistake of some kind.
brit - 01/14/08 18:16
me and my friend are taking advanced statistics for our graduate course and he already took it for his masters at GW...they are making him take it again, like GW is worse than Buffalo...purleese!
janelle - 01/14/08 16:27
With a class of 450, I'm not sure I would talk to the professor. He can't afford time to listen to student complaints even if they are legitimate. I would go with your instict to talk to the department head.

01/12/2008 14:42 #42856

Travel in May
I was wondering if anyone was interested in traveling to Hungary and Croatia around mid may for two weeks. I found a pretty decent deal to Budapest on May 14th from Buffalo for $757.00. The only plan I have in place is to get all the way down to Dubrovnik for a few days. We could do the rest of the planning on the fly. If it works out I will be purchasing flights within the next few weeks. I have to do more research on exactly what a reasonable budget would be, but I'm guessing around $1000 for two weeks should be sufficient, it may even be less but that will depend on what it costs to get all the way to Dubrovnik and back. Fortunately neither or these countries uses the Euro yet so its still a bit of a bargain for Americans. You wouldn't need a visa, just a passport. I think they are about $100 if you don't have one. I'm usually pretty fun to travel with and you get the added bonus of watching me eat strange shit. Anyway let me know if you are interested.
john - 02/03/08 18:13
I'm up for it. The flights are getting more expensive. Hopefully I decide I can afford it before they get any more expensive. I already have the time off work if I want it.

Taiwan in December is going to be expensive, though...
lilho - 01/19/08 21:43
pick me! pick me!
metalpeter - 01/13/08 10:33
At first watching you eat strange shit sounds fun, but than I thought that would mean I would be eating strange shit to. It does sound fun but I don't have a passport or the money but I hope you get someone to go with you, or even maybe meet you there.
mrmike - 01/13/08 08:50
I wanna go, but I don't have enough vacation time yet
fellyconnelly - 01/12/08 18:49
i wanna go! wanna pay for me? hehe
ladycroft - 01/12/08 14:54
quite possibly! haven't been to either yet!
janelle - 01/12/08 14:47
If you hold out to July you could go to Bulgaria with Drew and I. And hopefully we'll work out a visit to Turkey and Greece. Just depends if I can swing one or two weeks off work.

01/05/2008 23:58 #42764

Behold the power of music
Although it isn't quite my bedtime, sounds of construction above my head at 11:45pm is not my idea of relaxing ambiance. I am amazed how quickly the noise stopped after blasting the sex pistols louder than I could stand.
john - 02/03/08 18:11
Good thing you have that Sex Pistols album. Back in the dorms, I used to use A.C. to break up Thursday night beer parties. Hey, I had a Friday 9AM class!
leetee - 01/06/08 08:31
I'm sorry... i just don't understand. The Sex Pistols can be played too loudly?!?!?!